WWI French Hair Brush Grenade

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The grenade of the IIIrd army (‘grenade de la troisième armée’) is a somewhat crude and improvised devise. Primarily used in the first months of the war the famous 'pétards' or 'hairbrush grenades', composed of a wooden paddle, cheddite reglementary charge, and nails, gravels or steel wire . The first models were triggered by igniting a 5 seconds wick connected to the detonator. That system was soon improved by igniting the wick with two hunting ammunition staters placed in a small wooden block. The starters were triggered by a percussion on a nail introduced into a hole of the wooden block, pressing on a small metallical piece connected to the starters base.

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Product Code: K4

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